Excerpt from 6th Century Christian Britain from King Arthur to Rome’s Austin – To read the full text, click “Download” below.
There can be little doubt, … that the heroic exploits of Britain’s Christian King Arthur — the great hero of the Celto-Brythons — completely overshadows the ferocious advances made against his countrymen by the English Anglo-Saxons who were then still unchristianized.
The famous historian Edward Gibbon relates that in a century of implacable war from A.D. 432 to 532, much courage and some skill must have been exerted for the defence of Britain. The tomb of Vortimer the son of Vortigern was erected on the sea-shore. It was a landmark formidable to the Saxons whom he had thrice vanquished on the fields of Kent.
